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I believe on his way to Canada."
"Do you mean - "
"Oh, no, he didn't steal anything. He's going to enlist in the
Canadian army. Or he said so when he left."
"Look here, Audrey, you can't tell me only part of the story. Do
you mean to say that Chris has had a magnificent impulse and gone
to fight? Or that he's running away from something?"
"Both," said Audrey. "I'll tell you this much, Clay. Chris has
got himself into a scrape. I won't tell you about that, because
after all that's his story. And I'm not asking for sympathy. If
you dare to pity me I'll cry, and I'll never forgive you."
"Why didn't he stay and face it like a man? Not leave you to face
it."
"Because the only person it greatly concerned was myself. He didn't
want to face me. The thing that is driving me almost mad is that
he may be killed over there. Not because I love him so much. I
think you know how things have been. But because he went to - well,
I think to reinstate himself in my esteem, to show me he's a man,
after all.


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